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Medical Terminology Nursing

  1. -algia
    pain, painful condition
  2. crani
    skull
  3. end
    inside, within
  4. hemi
    half
  5. oid
    like, resembling
  6. hyper
    above, more than normal
  7. cyst
    sac containing fluid, bladder
  8. chole
    bile
  9. hypo
    under, beneath, deficient
  10. -scop
    look, observe
  11. hyster
    uterus
  12. -ostomy
    to create an opening
  13. para
    beside, beyond
  14. -lysis
    loosening, destruction, set free
  15. cervic
    neck
  16. chondr
    cartilage
  17. cyan
    blue
  18. hem (at)
    blood
  19. ost
    bone
  20. psyco
    mind
  21. lip-
    fat
  22. my-
    muscle
  23. lith-
    stone
  24. opthaim-opt
    eye
  25. proct
    anus
  26. gastr
    stomach
  27. cardi
    heart
  28. megal
    enlarged
  29. -itis
    inflammation
  30. dermat
    skin
  31. plast
    disease
  32. -ectomy
    surgical removal of all or part of
  33. enter
    intestines (usually small)
  34. -osis
    condition
  35. -otomy
    cut into, incision into
  36. aden
    gland
  37. angi
    vessel
  38. -oma
    tumor
  39. nepher
    kidney
  40. hepat
    liver
  41. arthr
    joint
  42. blephar
    eyelid
  43. -ologist
    a specialist in the study of
  44. rhin
    nose
  45. gingiv
    gum
  46. -malacia
    soft condition
  47. -ology
    study of
  48. spasm
    involuntary contraction
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Medical Terminology Nursing
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Lesson 1
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